Otaku Culture

Coverage that is on the fringe, all things Otaku. Otaku means Maniac - and these articles focus on things we are crazy about.

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The Japanese Toy Bookshelf for sale / wanted Yahoo Japan Auctions


East Coast Summit PHOTOS and VIDEO

The summit was great, pictures enclosed! Updated with video


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SDCC 2009 - SUPER 7 (Stormtrooper Jumbo Machinder )

A Jumbo Machinder Stormtrooper! Need I say more? Brian Flynn walks us thru the history and development of the officially licensed Stormtrooper Jumbo Machinder. With HD VIDEO.


Macrossworld Con 2009 July 18th & 19th at UCLA

Macross World Con 09 at UCLA July 18th & 19th.


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Quick announcements
Submitted by EVA_Unit_4A on 20 June, 2009 - 12:10.   | | |

On May 23rd, 2009, Funimation announced the official casting for its English dubbing of the first of the Rebuild of Evangelion films, "Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone"


Lost in Japan with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
Submitted by JoshB on 27 May, 2009 - 11:29.  

Here's a random YouTube find.

Tokyo. Japan. 1983. The Glen Miller Orchestra. With time to kill, band members Larry O'Brien, Mike Ruth and others Explore the streets of Japan.




Summer starts right NOW!
Submitted by EVA_Unit_4A on 7 May, 2009 - 21:13.   | | |

Well, here it is- the night before "Star Trek" premiers in the US. Well, that's not entirely true...


An evening with the Master

While Kimono My House was closing its doors for the last time, we walked the hallowed halls of a legend.


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CDX Cast 001-1 A tale of Two Joshs

In our first podcast, JoshB and Josh C10 talk about what got them into this whole crazy mess, and what a great year 1978 was. Part one of two. Download Here


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All about me 1979
Submitted by JoshB on 30 December, 2008 - 23:00.  

I made this book, "All About Joshua Bernard" in October of 1977.

Of course, I've left out a bunch of pages so as not to bore you.

I was six years old in 1979.

My favorite pet was a parakeet named Jack, and my favorite toy was something called the Sho-Gun Warriors.

I also liked to play Hotwheels with Andrea.

My Favorite TV shows in 1979 were Buck Rogers and Devlin

Apparently at the time I looked like a Roswell alien who wore a black t-shirt with dragsters on them.


The CollectionDX 2008 Holiday Buying Guide

Yes its true Santa is coming. Not sure what to ask for, for Christmas? Have a loved one in your life that likes all things robot and toys but your eyes glaze over when they start talking about their hobby and you have no idea what to get them? Well we are here to help with this handy, dandy guide which I have cleverly named “The 2008 CollectionDX Holiday Buying Guide.”


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Toy Sale At Penney's... in 1978
Submitted by JoshB on 1 December, 2008 - 14:14.  

I love Plaid Stallions. It's such a fantastic blog, each day is a trip back into my childhood. Today they had a great sale ad from JC Penney.. from 1978. This takes me back to a happier time...


Image via Plaid Stallions

How old were you in '78? I was FIVE.


How should we run this year's Toy of the Year poll?
By price point (the way we did it last year)
25% (58 votes)
By type of toy (action figure, chogokin)
41% (97 votes)
By toy line (Best Revoltech....)
29% (69 votes)
Other method (leave your ideas in the comments)
5% (11 votes)
Total votes: 235
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Just saw Twilight
Submitted by JoshB on 21 November, 2008 - 23:13.  

So I just got back from seeing Twilight. In case you live in a cage, Twilight is the new book sensation. It's what Harry Potter fans are now reading now that their hormones have kicked in. I've heard the books are pretty good (comparatively speaking) and to me anything that gets kids reading is a great idea.

But I have to tell you, the movie sucks balls.

Spoilers within.....


IT Crowd third season starts on Friday!
Submitted by JoshB on 19 November, 2008 - 09:17.  

Saw this on BoingBoing

"From Hell

It's hard to think of an office-based comedy more different from The Office than this. Graham Linehan's absurdist sitcom feels nearer in spirit to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin: off in a mad world of its own, yet uncomfortably familiar, even at its maddest. The IT Crowd even used to have its own "CJ"-type figure in Denholm Reynholm, the overbearing boss of Reynholm Industries played by Chris Morris. Although Reynholm jumped out of a high window in the last series, his playboy son Douglas (Matt Berry) shows every sign of carrying on the family name (plundering the pension fund, putting flakes of gold in the drinking water, etc) and more or less takes over tonight's very funny opening episode. That leaves our IT-department trio of geeky Moss, lazy Roy and uptight Jen slightly overshadowed. But the sweet scene where Moss and Roy try some role-play to help Moss deal with park bullies just about makes up for it. "


RANT: Lazy top 10 list of 2008's most dangerous toys
Submitted by JoshB on 18 November, 2008 - 15:40.  

Every year some group you never heard of comes out with a top 10 list of dangerous toys. Usually that list is filled with products you never heard of, and never would buy anyway. I thought that some of the reasons these were bad toys were not quite accurate so I took a stab at them.

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